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. . ~ . 11 al<tembly of Cato s, yet that, considering the ha z.n-Aotis circtiritstances of their situation, they have , :sor'eed much of their country. It is very easy to commit an error of judgment, with regard to the conduct of persons, at such a crisis." • lUverting to the subjett of the Supreme Council of Regency, he remarks, that if such men only are nominated as are already known to the public as en- lightened and practical Statesmen, there will be no dispute as to the validity of their appointments ; on the contrary, the Council of Castile, the cities hay bg votes in the Cortes, the provinces, and the whole would approve and confirm the generous, Patriotic, and impartial nomination. Foremost, aniongst these, he mentions Florida Blanca, Saave dra, and Juyehanos ; " the two former, besides their Other recommendations, being actually Presidents of t wo of the Supreme Juntas, and the third having, by `any years' sufferings, proved the inflexible integri ty of his charatier, triumphing against the dangers of the iniqoitous Godoy ; and having from Jadraque, X l5 leagues of Madrid, treated wi t h contempt '4) offer 1 tire off e and invitations made to him by the in latrines Ministers of Joseph ?" To these toe writer Pi . op!iises to add Don Pedro,Cevallos, Seignior Valdes, tlie Bishops of Santanderonand Orense, Admiral Ala va o r EsCado, or whoever is at the head of the navy, and Castanb br Cuesta, or whoever shall be Gene r olissimo of the Spanish army. In order to prevent ail jealousies, lie thinks the Presidency should be vested hi the ArchbiShop of Toledo, and that all acts of Government shOdld be signed by him - and the three seoior Membets. This plan is incompatible with the principle of adhering exclusively to the 111 tubers of the Supreme Junta in the election of the Conticil of Regency. Upon the question of the Seat of Government, lie strong l y asserts the claim. of the city of Ma drid to a preference in that respect, not only as be ing more central than any of the places mentioned by the Junta of Seville, but also ge 'already Von , taining all the various establishmentl connected with the different departments of Government. To the question—' What shall be Elie atitiiority of the Supreme Civil Government ?' he .answers-- " Undoubtedly the same that the fundamental of Spain confer upon its legitimate Sovereigns ; that of a King just and beneficent, and anxious to con- Elie his powers within the limits of the Constitution. If it is to be the real representative of the King, it is necessary it should possess all the authority of the king." He declares himself hostile to the d propose per manence of the Supreme Junta, as being equally in consistent with sound policy and the fundamental laws of Spain. The authority, he thinks, ouht to terminate with the c e s sat i on o f t h e necessity g which created them. If the Council of Regency does not, from the moment of its formation, enter into full possession of the Supreme power, the Government of Spain will become a many-headed monster. " The Constitution," he says, " recoguizeg only the superior Tribunals and inferior Magistracies as the ''vans of good Government ; and foi- the pur- Pose of maintaining the rights of the people, it ad mits, besides the on!inary delegates elected by them selves, deputies especially appointed, with corre sponding instruaions, to deliberate upon the most - weighty and interesting affairs. The regular order proceeding, and what seems to be essential to the union of the provinces, the general welfare of the k ingdom, and the cause of our beloved and unfor tunate Ferdinand, is to appoint representatives of his Person to exercise his authority for the benefit of all subjects; to adhere to the primitive Constitution Without innovation to leave to time, experience, and prudence, the consideration of such changes in the general system as may perhaps be requisite to promote the happiness of the nation ; and to a period of greater tran9odlity, in which Ferdinand VII. may personally Ccupribute to those happy reforms, unless their previensaccumplishment should appear to be a matter of extreme urgency and indispensible necessity." OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF BAYLEN. Notwithstanding the high importance of the vic tory of Ilaylen, it was not until within these few titlya that the fisheds under date cif the OfFßial Account was received, pub thet. Supreme Junta 7th ult. by the authority of of Seville. This narrative con ger not only the particulars we detailed in our Pa per of the 2tith of last month, but the following ad _dbonal circumsta -hces, authenticated by General hedtng and the Marquis De Compigni, who distin guished themselves on that occasion : J. ,` After t h e attack on the night of the 18th of ti ZY the S panish troops formed into columns; and the l eft, PVIS regiment of Reding, the regiments of u g e lanc, Ciudad Real, Truxillo, Cuenca, of Sap- P ers, and the regituent of Spanish cavalry, advanced to attack the heights on the flank of the enemy.— After a brave 'resistance, he was dislodged, with the loss of two pieces of artillery, and the enemy having again rallied and formed into a square, was again at tacked with -great - order by the Swiss regiment of Reding, supported by that of the Royal Walloon Guards, l'he consequence was, that he was corn- P l etely routed, was forced to retire to the bridge, 011(1 to make a retrograde movement of the centre of ' 11( Ire than half a league, where, being reinforced by a corps de reserve from Andujar, he twice renewed the attack, being disappointed in the first by the re "lance of our infantry and cavalry, and after the second, only retaining possession of the bridge, from winch position General Dupont adopted his plan of .4 . 11 •Ic t & ' , lzainst our centre and right wing. [Then follow the 'particulars we have already de ' t "lled in our account before referred to, aftcrwhich the official narrative thus proceeds " Field -Marshal the Marquis Compigni, Corn tnander of the second division, in concurrence with G eneral Reding, under whose Orders was the first, fastened with his forces to those points where the tar ee general attacks were condu6ted with the great est vi.,;our, and, by his' nowledge of his profession 'lnd animating example, he essentially contributed to saccossful result of-the engagement. if the g a ll an t r y o f G enera l s R e di ng an d Corn- Pigni be worthy of distinguished praise, less applause tint due to General Don Manuel de la Pena, who, with the reserve of the third division, commanded by Field-Mars:i n t Don F fix Jonei, took possession, the morning of the 15th, of the neighbourhood Ui Azi(Nar ; who, from that elevated situation, SO i; 1 ly annoyed the enemy as to kill a large propor , tion, and to dismount two pieces of artillery; lii owl; loss, under these circumstances, being very trifling. The consternation into which Dupont was thrown by the advantageous position Of these two divisions, and the spirit with which he was thus at.. tacked on the bridge and in the adjacent country, no doubt, occasioned him to entertain the project of abandoning the city, which he thought fit to do on the night of the 18th, by the road of Baylcn. Ge neral Pena, apprized of this movement on the morn-, ing of the ipth, gave the necessary orders; and marched towards Andujar, to harass the eneniy in . , his retreat. The vanguard, on this occasion, was composed of the battalions of Campo Mayer and Valencia ) of the Riflemen of Africa, of 40 Royal Carbineers of the Prince's Regiment of Cavalry, and of four pieces of flying artillery, the whole under the command of Field-Marshal Don Rafael Maria- . clic); while the reserve was separated into two divi sions, the first under Field-Marshal Don Naraiso De Pedro, composed of the regiment of Dragoons of Pavia, and of those of Provincial Grenadier Infantry, and the Infantry of Africa and Saragossa. The se cond- was co: I , nanded by the Marquis De Gelo, and consisted of the regiment of Dragoons of Sagunto, a squadron of Carmona, the Infantry of Burgos and Cantalrea, the Militia of Lorca, one company of Sappers, and 150 Swiss of the Regiment of Reding, each regiment being provided with four pieces of artillery. [To 6e concluded to-morrow.] FROM THE FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS. PARIS, SEPT. 12.—Yesterday, the 11th, his EX cellency the Duke Monteleone, Ambassador trorn his Majesty the King of Naples, presented his cre dentials. His .Excellency Baron Brockhausen was afterwards introduced in the usual form, and pre sented his credentials as Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King of Prussia. After, these audiences, his Majesty received the Diplomatic Body, who were conduced, introduced, and pre kfiCed in the usual manner. At this audience were presented, by his Excellency M. le Cotint de Tolstoy, Ambassador from the Em iierdr of Itutia, the Prince Wolkausky, Major-Gen. 3iM Aide-de-Camp General to the Emperor of Rus sia; M. de Saracinsky, Officer of his Guards; and M. de plaiviiroff, Lieut. Cot. By his Excellency the Duke of NOnteleone.; Ambassador from the King of the two 'L'Atliies; M. Questiaux, Secretary of the Embassy ; If. Y3CheValier Cataneo ; the Duke of Montedragone, PlinbasSador from his Majesty the King of the two Sicifies to the Emperor of Russia. By his Excellency the Count Metternich, Ambassa dor from the Emperor of Austria; M. le Chevalier de Wacquaint Major-Gehf.til M. Vincent Gretzel de GI aenzensteiti ; M. Tobie gretiel de Graenzen;- stein. By his Excellency Baron Dreyer, Mini ster Plenipotentiary from the King of Denmark, M. le Couut de Holk, Officer of the Guatzi t jesty the King of Denmark.—(lllonileur, 12.) PARIS, SEPT. 13.—There was a Grand Cat - o'4so l in the Great Square,. when the troops marched hegr6. his Majesty ; afterwards be gave audience at the Thuilleries to the Minister of the King of Naples, the Duke of Monteleone. The sahie was likewise done by Baron Brockhausen, as Minister Plenipoten tiary. to the King of Naples. T 3 Rotterdam Courant of the 17th of September contains an alike, which is a mere ecuo of the Re port lately made on the affairs of Spain by the French Minister of War to Buouaparte. It is observed, that if a sufficient force be maintained, nothing need be feared either from England or her Allies. On the sth instant the Senate met, when the Prince Arch-Chancellor delivered a speech descriptive of the preselit political state of France, and the other European Powers; after which he laid before them the reports of the Minister of the Interior and fi)r,Fo reign Affairs (which we have already given), and the projed of a Senatus Consultum, relative to the necessity of increasing the French Army, by adding to their numbers the conscripts, not yet called upon to serve their country, of the four classes, which, ac cording to the original plan, should already have done duty some years ago, and calling out 80,000 of the conscription *of 1 g 10. These tw,ooo conscripts are, however, not to be called out before the month of January, 1809, and they are merely to be employ ed in the defence of the coasts. The Projea of the Senatus Consultum concludes with stating, that although the proposed means of securing the safety and prosperity of France may at the same time tend to increase her military glory, yet the Emperor, far from being anxious to reap fresh laurels, merely intends to promote the welfare of his people by the above impot taut measure. . . On the loth of September Count Lacepede made a report on the project of the Senatus Constiltum, and the reports above mentioned, advising the Senate to adopt the above projeti without any alteration, and to communicate this Resolution to the Emperor by an Address, which he read, and was approved by the Senate.—(Rotterdam s azette, of Sept. 17.) Several fire-ships, we understand, have been pre pared in the Baltic, for the purpose of an attempt to Uuru the Russian Fleet in Rogerswick Bay. It is certain that Dispatches were sent off by a Messenger for Portugal, within four hours atter the receipt of Sir HEW DALRYMPLE'S notable tale. SMITHFIELD MARKET, SEPT. 23. This day's market was tolerably well supplied with different kinds of Cattle; Beef is dearer than our last report; Lamb, Veal, and Pork are cheaper; Mutton supports last price, and the trade for the most part was but indifferent. The sales in the Haymarket were not lively ; Straw and Clover have got up in price since Monday's market; Hay fetched last price.--The` following prices and numbers are an accurate statement : Beef 4s. od. to Ss. 6d.—Mutton 4s. od. to Ss. 6d.—Vcal 6s. od. to 7s. od.—Lamb 4s. od. to 6s. od.—Pork 55. od. to 6s. 6d. Beasts, Soo.—Sheep and Lambs, 9,ooo.—Calves, 300. Pigs, 330. Hay 51. os. ed. to 61. tos. ed.—Clover 61. us. od. to 71. od.—Straw 11. tzs. od. to 11. tBs. od. CORN-EXCHANGE.—The arrivals of Wheat this day make a tolerable supply ; but expeCting large arrivals, the buyers make very few purchases, and those at less prices, considered almost nominal ; in Barley, and Malt little variation ; White Pease, none; Beans of the two kinds are dearer ; Oats are in supply, and fully support last prices; Fine Flour 80, €5 ; seconds, 75, 80. ; r 4 AVA L , r•L'lmotirti; SEPT. t.-Arrived the; Snapper Sell°Oiler, CO. CilLmproN, from Cortihna; with Dispatcfi , zs for GoVerntnetit, ‘vhich ci , ere irrimediatelY landed and taken off for London by the Cointria‘ tid ing Officer. She was dispatched froth Corunna by , Admiral DE CoURCY ; and by a Gentleman Wino landed troth her intelligenca.is received that just be fore he left Corunna a report prevailed, and was generally credited, that by a plan of cb-operation; four Spanish armies had joined, and had nearly', reached Burgos, where JOSEPH BUoNA.pARTE and the French army lay, and tht . the latter were de termined to give the Spaniards battle. Arrived the American Brig Peggy, SgTHOUT, from New l r ork, bound to Bourdeaux in ballast, having 133 Passengers, detained by the indefatigable Frigate. Arrived the Peruvian Sloop of War, of 18 guns, Capt. DOUGLAS, with Dispatches; from Gijon : no particulars of which have transpired. She has been six days on her passage. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 22.—Arrived the Dry Har bour, Captain DUTCHMAN, from Guernsey. His Majesty's Ship Racehorse gives sailing in struaions to the Ships bound to the Cape of Good Hope. DEAL, SEPT. 22.—Sailed his Majesty's Ship Ra millies for Sheerness. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 21.—Came down from the River, and proceeded for the Downs, the Camel Store Ship. , SEPT. 22.—Arrived the Nimrod Sloop of War, Capt. SPEAR, from the Downs, and Claudia Cutter, from Yarmouth. Half Past Five.—Sailed this day, :at three o'clock , his Majesty's Ship Leveret, with upwards of twenty Sail, to Gottenburgh. Came into Harbour his Majesty's Ship Thetis. The Garrison and the Ships at the Nore fired a salute. BANK GEIVER/IL COURT. A General Court of the Proprietors was yesterday held at the Bank. The GOVERNOR read a recom mendation of the Court of Directors, that the half year's dividend should be live per cent. the same as for the last half-year. On pitting the question, Mr. RANFLE JACKSON begged leave to ask if the affairs of the Bank had been as prazyerous during the last years as they had been during the three pre cecfifiig years ? TIIC GOVERN - OE answered, that he had the satis faaon to that they had been equally prosper- the M time, he said, it was necessary to observe, that the lowering the charge of managing the public debt began InOvato operaa:bpon the afilurs of the Company, which,- with an increased expence respeaing stamps, were tie Only drawbacks which he knew of, from the statement he had made. Mr. JAcKseN said, that under any circumstances of deterioration in their affairs, it would always af ford some satisfaaion to the Proprietors to learn from their Managers the causes of such - deterioration, as it was but natural and just that they should feel great uneasiness at 'the lowering of their dividend. The , amount of the alteration with respe& to the manage-; meat of the public debt, he said, was known ; and that respec - ting the stamps, he presumed, might easily be ascertained. The Proprietors would, of cour se , be enabled to compare such amounts with the defalcation to which he alluded; but it not being his intention to go into the subjea on that day, he would only further observe, that in ordinary trans aaions, it was presumed that the thing purchased was worth the price paid; according to which rule, their t' engacement . with Government, if such as it had been formerly stated to them, should rather have produced, by this time, an additional income,, than as he, the 116nourable ' Governor, seemed to consider it, a dead loss. He said, that before he sat down, he wished to ask another question, namely, whether any valid alte ration of law had taken place since the Charter of William and Mary, which repealed the SeEtion of that Charter which he was about to read. Mr. J. observed, that the Charter in question, after setting out the oaths to be taken by the Governor, De puty Governor, and Direaors, had, with great wis dom and foresight, enjoined an oath to be taken by • the Proprietors, previously to their voting upon any question at any General Court. [Mr. _l_ thin rpnct as follows :—" Provided also, and we do by these presents, &c. ordain and appoint that all and every the other Members of the said Corporation, having each five hundred pounds or more interest or share in the capital stock of the said Corporation, before he or they severally shall be capable to give any vote in any General Court, shall take, &c. (reciting the oath of supremacy. and allegiance) ; and also the oath, in the words, or to the etTe.Et following, that is to tray :—` I, A. B. do swear that I will be faithful to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, whereof I am a Member; and in all Ge . - neral Courts, when and. so often as I shall be pre sent, will, according to the best of my skill and un derstanding, give my advice, council, and assistance for the support and good government of the said Corporation—So help me God."] The GOVERNOR replied, that he knew of no alter ation in the Charter, or repeal of the obligation to take the oath recited. Mr. THORNTON here observed, that by the 24th Geo. U. that oath was dispensed .with, unless re quired to be taken by nine Proprietors, who are themselves qualified to vote. Mr. JACKSON said, he would refer to the M, but he understood it as reserving to any nine Pro prietors the security of a solemn oath, upon im portant questions. After some business of form, the Court ad journed. ' 7 771 E DREADFUL 1,1111.:, • - , • • Yesterday the inqtiest. VaS held beforiC.B . o:aGn rieDGSON, Esti: one of the Coroners f or tiv . i .CaPiy of Middlesex, at the Dolphin, in Hyde-.street; Bloomsbury, on the body of Mr. Thomas Harris; itao, of that street, optician, who also died in consequence of the iniury he had received during the time of the dreadful tire at Covent-garden Theatre. • Mr. Henry Sass W‘ii the first witness. Beiw tt Member of the Royal Nna h Britons Volunteers, and, the deceased a Member of the Bloomsbury and inns of Court Association, they both went to the Theatre upon the first alarm, in order to render any assistance that was in their power during the time of the dreack ful conflagration which took place onTuesday mon, ing. He had known the deceased for several years ;. he was about twenty-eight years,' and had a wife and, three children. The witness and the deceased oid • duty nearly about the same spot, on the inside of the entrance gates to the Theatre, in the Piazzd.---- About seven o'clock they were employed in clearing the way for the firemen to work theill engines, Se- r veral persons laa l d, most inconsiderately, pressed inside of the gates ; the witness .and-the deceased succeeded in pressing all the,people back, except ing two men, •,of decent appearpce, who posi tively refused to fall back. The witness finding that all exertions towards renioving i fliFse persons with out having recourse to violence, werennav;iiling, and • being satisfied that they did not hiaterially incom mode the firemen. in their operatignsi then, -most providentially, went about two-feet nigher the door. He had scarcely reached that. short . distance from his former situation, when the ceiling and wall gave way. The witness .was for soweeminutqs ; Winded with the dust arising from ..the.,ruh.bish that fell down about the s -engine, and,buried — both it and every man around it in reins,,.,.The .41 , 1 . triess,waiked out, and in the course of a few "mipOtes recover ed his sight, ° tilfhoUgh he — Was' d ery clo,e to the spot at which the fatal • accident took =place,. he did not receive the slightest bodily hurt, He then saw a young mati whom he iCir..!W;' Mr. Turner, the son of a master 'butcher, in Leigh-street, Red-lion square. He was severely burnt, and. is tio\V very ' ill. He then saw the deceased, • who • was , by that time extricated from the ruins; • he was most dread fully burnt. The witness went la, a coach along with Mr. T. and the deceased to their respective houses. The latter, no t w ith stan di ng the ntqaost as siduity and skill of his surgeorVihigered"Onid four o'clock the same evening, 'when he CkPired.• The Coroner observed, 'that at the Melte tithe that he and every honest Man must la tent , the loss of such a respeCtable neighbour, accthathappeang too at a time when ;he• was engaged7 , in-a most highly praise -worthy act of chat ity towards his..neigilbour, as all mankind are properly So , tertned i e.at o khe same . time telt it to be incumbent on hit ta.s . tate, that the a6tual duty of the Court and Jury was confined to the question of by what . meahs 'the'tfe6eare d came by his death. The cause was obvioUsly accidental in his opinion ; if the Jury drew the Otte ebnClus!on from 'the fats before them, they would dechteiti by their verdict; it not, they would express.- Whatever else might be in their judgment' most correctly applicanle to the case.—The Jury immediately gave in their verdict.--Accidental Death. • 4t six o'clock yesterday ,afternoon two other In quests were held before the same Coroner, at Mid. dlesex Hospital, on the bodies of B.ichard Bird, a coachmaker, about 40 years old, in the employ of Mr. Hoiditch, of Long Acre, and Jonas Phi!kills, a coalhcaver, about 20 . years of age, Who died in that Hospital on Wednesday evening. Mary_Bryar, a nurse, and the House Surgeon, stated, that the de ceased were both brought into the Hospital, from the fire in Covent-garden, at the same time. Their limbs and bodies were in the most shocking state.; their skin crumbled off with the touch, like paper that had been steeped in water; and the poor Men languished in the most agonizing torture, the coach maker until five, and- the coal-heaver until eleven that evening, at which hours they successively ex pired.—Verdid—Accidental Death. The Coroners for London and Middlesex have sat on 17 bodies, killed at the late fire, viz. twelve at Covent-Gardan, three at St. Bartholomew's Hospi tal, and two at the Middlesex Hospital. Two per sons are now in a dangerous state at St. Bartho lomew's, and one at the" Middlesex Hospital, amoUn f it% in all to twenty. Others have been carried io their houses, tut it is not yet known exactly hoW many lives have been lost. Yesterday the firemen and others in Bow-Street were employed during the day in pulling down the tottering ruins of the 'theatre, which threatened de stru&ion to the passengers. A pondetpus pile of brick work, and a lofty stack of chi mn i es , descended about one o'clock with a tremendous crash. Two of the Doric pillars which supported the portico were thrown down by the failing ruins, but the rest sus tained the shock. The spectators kept at'a proper distance, and it does not appear that any accident occurred during this dangerous operation. It is to be hnpori th:,t- the m e la nc h o l y event of Tuesday last will he a warning to those who have t h e management of fire-engines, not to take them into narrow passages. A greater length of hose will always etre& the purpose full as well, and will be exempt from the disasters which attended the engine forced into the avenue to the Theatre leading from the Piazza. The exertions of every body connected with the Piazza Coffee House, deserve the highest praise. Nothing could exceed their zeal' and assi duity, and perseverance, and it was almost entirely from the pump belonging to that house that the en gines were supplied with water. The proprietors of the Piazza Coffee House are entitled also to very great praise for having opened a subscription for the relief of the sufferers, as well as for giving free ac cess into all their rooms which afford a view of the dreadful effeets of the fire, in hopes that the visitors may be induced to patronize the subscription, and thereby render curiosity subservient to benevolence. The view from the back of the Piazza Corke House, indeed, presents a tremendous scene of devastation, and it is impossible to behold it without feeling an awful impression of the uncertainty of human life, and the transitory nature of worldly possessions. At the distressing calamity of the falling in of the engine at Covent-Garden Theatre,.a little boy, who was near the spot, thought he heard the - groans oI his Oiler among those of the unfortunate sufferers ; and so extremely poignant and ungovernable were the feelings of the pour child, that the people about him were obliged to force him from the crowd. i i i